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&lt;em&gt;The National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India&amp;rsquo;s total geographical area under forest or tree cover&lt;br /&gt;
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The environment ministry has sought comments and suggestions from all stakeholders by 14 April. Once finalized, the policy will guide the forest management of the country for the next 25-30 years.&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest draft follows one released in June 2016 which proposed a green tax for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour, and supplementing financial resources essential to address forestry woes.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;The National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India&amp;rsquo;s total geographical area under forest or tree cover&lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;India&amp;rsquo;s environment ministry has unveiled a draft of the new National Forest Policy (NFP) that proposes to restrict &amp;ldquo;schemes and projects which interfere with forests that cover steep slopes, catchments of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, geologically unstable terrain and such other ecologically sensitive areas&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The ecologically sensitive catchment areas shall be stabilized with suitable soil and water conservation measures, and also by planting suitable trees and grass like bamboo,&amp;rdquo; the draft suggests.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It also suggests setting up of two national-level bodies&amp;mdash;National Community Forest Management (CFM) Mission and National Board of Forestry (NBF)&amp;mdash;for better management of the country&amp;rsquo;s forests.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In an explanation, it says NBF needs to be headed by the central minister in charge of forests. The draft calls for state boards of forestry headed by state ministers in charge of forests to be established for ensuring inter-sectoral convergence, simplification of procedures, conflict resolution, among other things.&lt;br /&gt;
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National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India&amp;rsquo;s total geographical area under forest or tree cover. The first National Forest Policy in independent India took effect in 1952, with a second edition in 1988.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The environment ministry has sought comments and suggestions from all stakeholders by 14 April. Once finalized, the policy will guide the forest management of the country for the next 25-30 years.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The latest draft follows one released in June 2016 which proposed a green tax for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour, and supplementing financial resources essential to address forestry woes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It had also called for safeguarding forest land by exercising strict restraint on &amp;ldquo;diversion for non-forestry purposes&amp;rdquo; like mining and industrial projects. Besides, it had suggested launching a national forest streams revival programme in mission mode to tackle the water crisis. The environment ministry backtracked on the earlier draft, calling it a &amp;ldquo;study&amp;rdquo;, when it came under attack for allegedly weakening forest regulations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The latest draft of National Forest Policy has omitted any reference to a green tax or a national stream revival programme. But it continues to speak about private participation in forest management, which was criticized in 2016, while noting that productivity of forest plantations are poor in most states.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Public-private participation models will be developed for undertaking afforestation and reforestation activities in degraded forest areas and forest areas available with forest development corporations and outside forests,&amp;rdquo; the draft policy stated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The new draft also says efforts will be made to achieve harmonization between policies and laws like Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 . This can certainly once again put environmentalists and bureaucracy at loggerheads as the former may see it as an attempt to weaken role of gram sabhas (village councils).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>The National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India&rsquo;s total geographical area under forest or tree cover<br />
<br />
New Delhi: </em>India&rsquo;s environment ministry has unveiled a draft of the new National Forest Policy (NFP) that proposes to restrict &ldquo;schemes and projects which interfere with forests that cover steep slopes, catchments of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, geologically unstable terrain and such other ecologically sensitive areas&rdquo;.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;The ecologically sensitive catchment areas shall be stabilized with suitable soil and water conservation measures, and also by planting suitable trees and grass like bamboo,&rdquo; the draft suggests.<br />
<br />
It also suggests setting up of two national-level bodies&mdash;National Community Forest Management (CFM) Mission and National Board of Forestry (NBF)&mdash;for better management of the country&rsquo;s forests.<br />
<br />
In an explanation, it says NBF needs to be headed by the central minister in charge of forests. The draft calls for state boards of forestry headed by state ministers in charge of forests to be established for ensuring inter-sectoral convergence, simplification of procedures, conflict resolution, among other things.<br />
<br />
National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India&rsquo;s total geographical area under forest or tree cover. The first National Forest Policy in independent India took effect in 1952, with a second edition in 1988.<br />
<br />
The environment ministry has sought comments and suggestions from all stakeholders by 14 April. Once finalized, the policy will guide the forest management of the country for the next 25-30 years.<br />
<br />
The latest draft follows one released in June 2016 which proposed a green tax for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour, and supplementing financial resources essential to address forestry woes.<br />
<br />
It had also called for safeguarding forest land by exercising strict restraint on &ldquo;diversion for non-forestry purposes&rdquo; like mining and industrial projects. Besides, it had suggested launching a national forest streams revival programme in mission mode to tackle the water crisis. The environment ministry backtracked on the earlier draft, calling it a &ldquo;study&rdquo;, when it came under attack for allegedly weakening forest regulations.<br />
<br />
The latest draft of National Forest Policy has omitted any reference to a green tax or a national stream revival programme. But it continues to speak about private participation in forest management, which was criticized in 2016, while noting that productivity of forest plantations are poor in most states.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;Public-private participation models will be developed for undertaking afforestation and reforestation activities in degraded forest areas and forest areas available with forest development corporations and outside forests,&rdquo; the draft policy stated.<br />
<br />
The new draft also says efforts will be made to achieve harmonization between policies and laws like Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 . This can certainly once again put environmentalists and bureaucracy at loggerheads as the former may see it as an attempt to weaken role of gram sabhas (village councils).<br />
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New Delhi: </em>India&rsquo;s environment ministry has unveiled a draft of the new National Forest Policy (NFP) that proposes to restrict &ldquo;schemes and projects which interfere with forests that cover steep slopes, catchments of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, geologically unstable terrain and such other ecologically sensitive areas&rdquo;.<br />
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In an explanation, it says NBF needs to be headed by the central minister in charge of forests. The draft calls for state boards of forestry headed by state ministers in charge of forests to be established for ensuring inter-sectoral convergence, simplification of procedures, conflict resolution, among other things.<br />
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The latest draft follows one released in June 2016 which proposed a green tax for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour, and supplementing financial resources essential to address forestry woes.<br />
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<br />
&ldquo;Public-private participation models will be developed for undertaking afforestation and reforestation activities in degraded forest areas and forest areas available with forest development corporations and outside forests,&rdquo; the draft policy stated.<br />
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Government unveils draft national forest policy -Mayank Aggarwal

-Livemint.com The National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India’s total geographical area under forest or tree cover New Delhi: India’s environment ministry has unveiled a draft of the new National Forest Policy (NFP) that proposes to restrict “schemes and projects which interfere with forests that cover steep slopes, catchments of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, geologically unstable terrain and such other ecologically sensitive areas”. “The ecologically sensitive catchment areas shall be stabilized with suitable soil and water conservation measures, and also by planting suitable trees and grass like bamboo,” the draft suggests. It also suggests setting up of two national-level bodies—National Community Forest Management (CFM) Mission and National Board of Forestry (NBF)—for better management of the country’s forests. In an explanation, it says NBF needs to be headed by the central minister in charge of forests. The draft calls for state boards of forestry headed by state ministers in charge of forests to be established for ensuring inter-sectoral convergence, simplification of procedures, conflict resolution, among other things. National Forest Policy will be an overarching policy for forest management, with the aim of bringing a minimum of one-third of India’s total geographical area under forest or tree cover. The first National Forest Policy in independent India took effect in 1952, with a second edition in 1988. The environment ministry has sought comments and suggestions from all stakeholders by 14 April. Once finalized, the policy will guide the forest management of the country for the next 25-30 years. The latest draft follows one released in June 2016 which proposed a green tax for facilitating ecologically responsible behaviour, and supplementing financial resources essential to address forestry woes. It had also called for safeguarding forest land by exercising strict restraint on “diversion for non-forestry purposes” like mining and industrial projects. Besides, it had suggested launching a national forest streams revival programme in mission mode to tackle the water crisis. The environment ministry backtracked on the earlier draft, calling it a “study”, when it came under attack for allegedly weakening forest regulations. The latest draft of National Forest Policy has omitted any reference to a green tax or a national stream revival programme. But it continues to speak about private participation in forest management, which was criticized in 2016, while noting that productivity of forest plantations are poor in most states. “Public-private participation models will be developed for undertaking afforestation and reforestation activities in degraded forest areas and forest areas available with forest development corporations and outside forests,” the draft policy stated. The new draft also says efforts will be made to achieve harmonization between policies and laws like Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 . This can certainly once again put environmentalists and bureaucracy at loggerheads as the former may see it as an attempt to weaken role of gram sabhas (village councils). Please click here to read more.